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A proper set of running shoes with heel counters. Get an old bicycle tyre tube to use as resistance and do plantarflexion and dorsiflexion. Or better still see a physio as they actually know what their talking about.
A few things you can try before seeing a physio are icing then 20 min on 20 min off, a new decent pair of running shoes, and try if you can uunning on softer surfaces like grass instead of concrete.
First thing is stop running for a week or two to have a chance to recover. Then slowly ease back into it. I think you said you were getting fit for footy in another post. You have probably gone to hard to soon. Rest now or the problem will get worse and annoy you for the rest of the season.
Where you running on hard surfaces. That will give you shin splints especially to heavier people. When you get back to running find a nice oval to run around.
First thing is stop running for a week or two to have a chance to recover. Then slowly ease back into it. I think you said you were getting fit for footy in another post. You have probably gone to hard to soon. Rest now or the problem will get worse and annoy you for the rest of the season.
Where you running on hard surfaces. That will give you shin splints especially to heavier people. When you get back to running find a nice oval to run around.
Simple wear these shoes and get used to running correctly. I suffered terribly with shin splints I was even turned down for the armed forces because of them. I started wearing these about 4 months ago, haven't had even a hint of a shin splint since!
They force you to run in a way that normal running shoes with plenty of padding do not, there is no more heel stomping or rolling of the foot in or out because it’s just too damn uncomfortable to do so, making you run with a much better foot/ankle/knee position.
The muscles in your lower leg are too weak. Strengthen them. Common sense really. Rest won't help unless you've done something stupid like upping your weekly running volume dramatically. Take nurofen and train through it. Get vibrams too.
I got a bout of shin splints when I went too much too soon. I was impatient to reach my goal of running 15K - problem is, when the endorphin hits you don't realise the body isn't ready to break PB's every week. RICE - rest, ice, compression, elevation (I didnt do the E bit so its more like RIC lol. But it worked).
Ouch shin splints!
I remember having them so bad that my legs would shake after training.
Rubbing ice cubes up and down my shins helped, so did stretching them and I remember our Physio strapping them somehow to get thru it....
Reduce the amount of running and supplement it with some sort of non-impact training such as bike or swimming. That way you can still improve your fitness while developing your running.
I had them when I was you get and still playing lots of footy, tried everything, had lots of work done on them, they just never went away... Until I stopped playing, and stopped running!! I also have tendinitis in my Achilles, and both flare up if I run longer distances, a few times a week, I have no problems when lifting or doing short cardio like sprinting though
1. Reduce training load and steadily increase.
2. Use appropriate footwear and running surfaces.
3. Frequent calf stretches (straight-leg and bent)- the more the better.
4. Massage areas of tenderness on anterior shin (both longitudinally and transverse).
5. Ice after use.
6. Neural stretches.